Voters cast their ballots to decide which party will lead the young democracy for the next five years.

Voters in the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan have cast ballot in the country's third general elections.

A total of 438,663 registered voters chose candidates on Thursday for the 47-member National Assembly, or lower house of parliament, Election Commission secretary Dawa Tenzin said.

NA General Election 2018: An elderly couple in Dagana walked two long hours to get to their polling station. The woman is 77-year-old and her husband is 80. This is the spirit of Bhutanese voters! pic.twitter.com/dkNTtycMi7